I remember them releasing an article about how they thought they had messed up a large portion of the game because they were rushing it to fit their release time, and ended up scrapping a large part of it to go back and redo everything that they didn't like. I assume this was during their rush to release stage.

Why couldn't they keep the same run speed as the original half-life 1 and take out sprinting? Also aiming down sights? Get the fuck out of here, that's stupid. It better only be cosmetic and not effect the aiming at all.

Rather than use "The voice acting was a bit corny in Half-Life 1" as an excuse, they really should just go back and see if they can improve their performance at all and actually try to do a really good job.

Besides, the voice acting in that video was way past being just 'corny.'
It really isn't that great.

Rather than use "The voice acting was a bit corny in Half-Life 1" as an excuse, they really should just go back and see if they can improve their performance at all and actually try to do a really good job.

Besides, the voice acting in that video was way past being just 'corny.'
It really isn't that great.

I'm not surprised at the voice acting and I'm not going to take it into account as much when I play the game. mostly because despite the ambition of black mesa: source, it's still a mod done for free, noone is being paid and I imagine that getting good voice acting done would be incredibly challenging in that respect - moreso than any other aspect of the game.

I hate when people say this. When I am playing a game, I want to feel immersed and feel suspense. Not hear some grunts dramatize the situation with "hilarious" and overly forced lines. It completely takes out the action flow that any game like half life should have.

But everything else than that looks amazing, really well done. I will just get a replacement voice pack when it comes out, just for the grunts though.

How much of the original team is still working on this? I can't imagine the amount of burn-out to take place for working on a project like this for so long. For Chris-sake I bet on Duke against this with a friend, I won as you can imagine.

Not really.
Also I just want to fucking choke anyone who even at the slightest hint of criticism instantly goes "OMG THIS IS FREE GUYS YOU MUST LIKE ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"
Seriously fuck off.

1. The only 'iron sight' is on .357 as its alternate fire, no other guns have it
2. The video is dark, its brighter in game
3. You can choose between HL1 and HL2 style movement, but the maps are designed for HL2 style movement.